材料 Ingredients

Meaning

Primary

Ingredients

Alternative

Material

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You have to pay a fee for the material you use to make food. Those are the ingredients you're paying for! Imagine making a list of all of the materials you need to make a stew, then making sure you have enough to pay the fees, so you'll have all the ingredients you need to make it.

Reading

ざいりょう

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 材料が〜

  材料がそろう

  to have all the ingredients

  材料がある

  there are ingredients

  材料が要る

  to need ingredients

• 材料に〜

  材料になる

  to become ingredients

  材料にする

  to make into ingredients

  材料に使う

  to use as ingredients

• 材料を〜

  材料を用いる

  to utilize ingredients

  材料を使用する

  to prepare ingredients

  材料を使う

  to use ingredients

• 材料と〜

  材料と見なす

  to consider to be ingredients

  材料とする

  to treat as ingredients

  材料となる

  to become ingredients

Context Sentences

材料は何ですか？

What are the ingredients?

材料の二倍の水を入れてください。

Please pour two parts water for one part of the ingredient.

ウドンの材料って、これだけなんですか！？

Are these all the ingredients for udon?!

Kanji Composition

1. 材

   ざい Lumber
2. 料

   りょう Fee